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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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Does anyone know if you can remove it without getting any idiot lights?Or any other potential problems?(2000 7.3 l superduty)
 
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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Moved here for better exposure.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 01:00 PM
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Don't believe the 2000 models have any sensors to trip you up, so you should be good to go.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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Thanks wildbill,i didnt think there would be any probs but i just wanted to check to see if anyone else had any thoughts on the removal.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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Just take it off. A guy a know has one with a 3.5'' strait pipe on it and it has throwed no codes.
 
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 11:57 AM
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Remove it if it even has one. They are not required for emisions, I dont even know why some come with and some dont.
 
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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mine didnt. dose the turbo create some backpressure?
 
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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$ inch turbo back straight pipe and no problems at all sounds great
 
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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I removed mine and still have yet to throw a code for the cats being removed
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 12:45 AM
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I removed mine with no issues, until I went down and had to get a smog check and the guy failed me on the visual inspection because there was no Cat, had to put one back on to get registered... now I have a 5" inlet/outlet hollowed out piece of pipe that says Catalytic Converter on it
 
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